Ravenscar – Medium Walk

A coastal walk with amazing views of the cliffs and coastline. Steep towards the end of the walk, this will take around two hours to complete.  Getting There From Middlesbrough follow go up Ormesby Bank and take the left turning at the roundabout onto Guisborough Road (A171). Follow the A171 to Whitby and stay on the A171 at Whitby towards Scarborough. Ravenscar is a left turning. It can be found after the Robin Hoods Bay turning and before you reach Scarborough. The Walk 

 Ravenscar

 

                                                                Ravenscar Walk Route

  Parking can be found on the left of the road in front of the Raven Hall hotel. Walking towards the hotel you will notice the National Trust Coastal Centre

on the left. Walk past the centre until you come to a fork in the path. Take the left fork onto the disused railway line. 

  

Left fork in path 

Follow the old railway route for some time until you come to a bridge ahead of you.

 

 

                                                            Bridge with left turning Take the left turning which will take you onto a road with a steep descent towards Stoupebrow Cottage Farm. Passing the farm you will notice a small stile on your right to take you onto the Cleveland Way. 

 Cleveland Way

 Follow the Cleveland Way along the coastline and admire the views of the

coastline. Get your camera ready! 

 

 

 Coastal Views

 Continue following signs for the Cleveland Way until you pass a few bridges

and eventually arrive at the Old Alum Works. 

 Old Alum Works

 

 Sign for the Cleveland Way

 Continue on the Cleveland Way which will now turn away from the coast and head back to Ravenscar on a steep incline. Take the higher left path to head

back to Ravenscar to the first signpost you seen at the start of your walk. Have a visit to the coastal centre which also has a café.

 

 Higher path back to Ravenscar

  Ravenscar Known locally as Bay Town Ravenscar is a little known village between Whitby and Scarborough. It has a feeling of a remoteness and most of the other people you see will be fellow walkers. There is a prominent hotel at its highest point called the Raven Hall Hotel, which you will see on your walk along the Cleveland Way. Ravenscar began as a holiday resort but never quite finished and met its potential. It was going to be another Scarborough, but unsurprisingly due to its unstable geology and high cliffs, this made it a hazardous proposition. Most of the geology in the area is from the Jurassic Period. Numerous fault lines have left the coast in a state of flux.